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Indoor small cells are used to provide improved coverage to mobile consumers worldwide when they are in their home or a commercial building. Many different types of solutions for solving in-building cellular voice/data quality exist, including Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS), Distributed Network Systems (DNS), picocells (enterprise small cells), femtocells (residential small cells) and signal boosters.

This market study presents a five-year forecast for the worldwide total addressable market (TAM) for indoor small cells. The TAM includes the number of systems and nodes for commercial buildings, and the number of households and nodes for residential buildings. The forecasts are provided at the global level, as well as for the six regions of North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Japan.

Note that the Total Addressable Market represents the potential number of small cells that would be needed to address all coverage and capacity issues. This does not forecast the actual number of small cells installed indoors.

The report also discusses how small cells fit in the overall mobile network architecture. It also describes in detail the various in-building small cell solutions, as well as the benefits and issues surrounding their deployment.

Key Questions Answered

What is the worldwide total addressable market for indoor small cells in commercial buildings and how many systems and nodes are included in this TAM?

What is the worldwide total addressable market for indoor small cells in residential buildings and how many households and nodes are included in this TAM?

What are the individual TAMs for commercial buildings and residential buildings for each of the six global regions?

What does indoor mean and what are indoor small cells?

How do small cells fit in the mobile network?

What are some of the perceived benefits related to indoor small cells and what are the key drivers for their use?

What are some of the perceived negatives and issues related to indoor small cells and what are the key barriers to their adoption?

Who Should Read

Mobile operators

Infrastructure OEMs

Small cell product and solution vendors

Backhaul service providers and equipment OEMs

Financial analysts and investors.

Table of Contents

Abstract

Executive Summary

Indoor Cellular Solutions

Total Addressable Market

Methodology

Basic Mobile Operator Network Architecture

Devices

MIMO

Wireless Spectrum

Cell Sites

Fronthaul & Backhaul

Mobile Network Core

Setting the Stage for Small Cells

Network “Pain Points”

Different Types of Small Cells

iGR’s Definitions of Small Cells

Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS)

Hybrid Antenna System

DAS/Small Cell Architecture

Distributed “Network” Systems

Neutral-Host DAS vs. Single Host DAS

Changing Nature of DAS

Femtocells and Picocells

Indoor Small Cells: Pros and Cons

Benefits of Deploying In-Building Small Cells

Cons of Deploying In-Building Small Cells

Building Materials

Assumptions: Indoor Small Cells

Indoor Small Cell Total Addressable Market Methodology

Commercial Buildings TAM

Assumptions

Systems in TAM

Nodes in TAM

Residential Buildings TAM

Assumptions

Households in TAM

Nodes in TAM

Global Commercial Building TAM

Commercial Floor Space and Buildings

Systems TAM

Nodes TAM

North America Commercial Building TAM

Commercial Floor Space and Buildings

Systems TAM

Nodes TAM

Latin America and Caribbean Commercial Building TAM

Commercial Floor Space and Buildings

Systems TAM

Nodes TAM

Europe Commercial Building TAM

Commercial Floor Space and Buildings

Systems TAM

Nodes TAM

Middle East and Africa Commercial Building TAM

Commercial Floor Space and Buildings

Systems TAM

Nodes TAM

Asia-Pacific Commercial Building TAM

Commercial Floor Space and Buildings

Systems TAM

Nodes TAM

Japan Commercial Building TAM

Commercial Floor Space and Buildings

Systems TAM

Nodes TAM

Global Residential TAM

Households

Nodes

North America Residential TAM

Households

Nodes

Latin America and Caribbean Residential TAM

Households

Nodes

Europe Residential TAM

Households

Nodes

Middle East and Africa Residential TAM

Households

Nodes

Asia-Pacific Residential TAM

Households

Nodes

Japan Residential TAM

Households

Nodes

Indoor Small Cell Vendor Profiles

Advanced RF Technologies, Inc. (ADRF)

Airspan Networks

Argela

Bandwidth Logic

Betacom Incorporated

Black Box Network Services

Brocade

BTI Wireless

C Squared Systems (C2 Systems)

Cisco

Cobham Wireless

Comba Telecom

CommScope

Connectivity Wireless Solutions

Corning

Crown Castle

Ericsson

Ethertronics

ExteNet Systems

Fujitsu Network Communications

Galtronics

Gemtek

Huawei

iBwave Solutions (Corning Incorporated)

ip.access

Juni

NEC

Nextivity

Nokia Networks

Oracle

Quortus

Samsung Electronics

Sercomm

SpiderCloud Wireless

SureCall

Taqua

Wilson Electronics

ZTE Corporation

Definitions

General

Device Types

Services

Network Technology

Regions

About iGR

Disclaimer

List of Tables

Table 1: Different Types of Small Cells, Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum